Checking in for 100,000 Years

The elder in the green robe saw Ye Yun's solemn expression, but since Ye Yun didn't seem to want to share, he could only shake his head and smile wryly.

He knew this fellow Daoist held secrets. However, with his current cultivation base and knowledge, he was completely clueless about what Ye Yun had discovered.

"Fellow Daoist, if the cultivators of Skyreach Island enter this world, you don't have to take any more action. I'll handle everything else," Ye Yun said calmly to the elder in the green robe.

"Then I am indebted to you, fellow Daoist," replied the elder, gratefully.

He had power behind him, but that power didn't care about whether he lived or died. If he died here on the Cangnan Continent, his faction would simply send another Defender of the Second level of True God Realm to take his place. Skyreach Island was a massive force, far beyond the abilities of a mere Defender of the Second level of True God Realm like himself to deal with. Since this inscrutable fellow Daoist before him was willing to take over the subsequent pursuit from Skyreach Island, the elder in the green robe was naturally more than happy to see it happen and wanted to stay out of these muddy waters.

The elder in the green robe cupped his fists, bid Ye Yun farewell, then turned and vanished into the sky.

Only Ye Yun and Jiang Hengyue remained in the void.

"You should follow me," Ye Yun said calmly, before descending onto the deck of the flying ship.

The Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon, having just witnessed the Master's Great Divine Power effortlessly dispatch an opponent of True God Realm Tier Seven, felt an intense yearning for such abilities.

"Master, when will you teach me this Divine Skill?" the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon asked with a smile, rubbing his hands together, unable to suppress his eagerness. He knew Big Black Horse and Big Black Cat had both learned the Sky Exterminating Phantom Eye. Of course, the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon wanted to learn it too.

"After you finish this mission…" Ye Yun said with a smile.

He wasn't one to be possessive of his techniques. Once the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon completed his mission, he would impart this Divine Skill to him. Ye Yun possessed many Divine Skills, and teaching a few more was no great matter. In the future, he planned to gradually pass on Divine Skills to the disciples of the sect and these demon beasts, ensuring that the Ultimate Techniques of the Dragon God Sect were not limited to just those three.

Ye Yun glanced at Lei Qinian, still unconscious, and a faint smile touched his lips. This little fellow's luck really isn't very good. If I hadn't sent the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon to protect him, this calamity would likely have cost Lei Qinian his life.

"Master, do you want me to wake him up now?" the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon quietly asked from the side.

"No need." Ye Yun shook his head.

He turned to Jiang Hengyue and asked calmly, "You little fellow have suffered so much. After entering this world, your cultivation was severed, and you might be stuck in the Eternal Realm forever. Do you regret it?"

Hearing this, Jiang Hengyue's eyes reddened, welling up with shimmering tears.

"Senior, I don't regret it. If I hadn't entered, I fear I would have died outside long ago," Jiang Hengyue sighed. As he spoke these words, tears streamed down the corners of his eyes.

"Tell me, what exactly is the enmity between you and Skyreach Island?" Ye Yun asked with a smile.

Having accepted this young man, Jiang Hengyue, Ye Yun naturally wanted to understand the enmity between him and Skyreach Island. Letting Jiang Hengyue tell his own story was also a test. If this little fellow proved to be cunning and dishonest, Ye Yun would eliminate him on the spot. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Ye Yun wouldn't keep a liar by his side. Verifying Jiang Hengyue's words would be simple; after he finished speaking, Ye Yun could directly read his memories.

Hearing Ye Yun's question, Jiang Hengyue's expression turned fierce as he recalled the past.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Previously, I was the Young Island Master of Star Holy Island. My fiancée was stolen by Fu Nanhua, the Young Island Master of Skyreach Island. I went to confront him but was captured and thrown into his prison, where I was severely tortured. He cut off my nose, broke my arms, battered my entire body, and even pierced my Dantian with a Dragon Pattern Soul Chasing Sword, crippling it…"

"The people of Skyreach Island are truly vicious."

Upon hearing Jiang Hengyue's account, Ye Yun's brow twitched slightly. He most disliked people who tortured others through various means. He always preferred straightforwardness and swift resolutions to grudges. If Fu Nanhua, the Young Island Master of Skyreach Island, had given Jiang Hengyue a quick death, Ye Yun would have considered him somewhat normal. But to resort to cruel torture, Ye Yun found Fu Nanhua to be a sadist. As a transmigrator, Ye Yun had read plenty of news about psychopathic killers in his previous life. He utterly detested such individuals. Now that he had taken Jiang Hengyue in, he would naturally help him vent his anger. The karma Fu Nanhua had sown for Jiang Hengyue, Ye Yun would ensure Jiang Hengyue repaid it all.

"You were imprisoned, so how did you manage to escape?" Ye Yun asked again.

Jiang Hengyue said angrily, "Senior, my fiancée pleaded for me, and that beast in human guise hypocritically let me go. But after releasing me, he sent people to hunt me down. With no other options, I gritted my teeth and desperately entered the Ancient Road to Heaven…"

"I see." Ye Yun nodded. Although he himself had once been the foremost bully on the Cangnan Continent, even he hadn't committed acts as outrageous and universally condemned as Fu Nanhua.

"Now that your fiancée has fallen into Fu Nanhua's hands, I'm afraid things look bleak for her…" Ye Yun sighed.

He felt a degree of goodwill towards this girl for her actions. Without her, Jiang Hengyue would likely have perished in Skyreach Island's dungeons long ago.

"I heard they are holding a grand wedding on Skyreach Island on the sixth day of next month…" Jiang Hengyue said despondently.

Seeing Jiang Hengyue's dejected expression, Ye Yun could understand his feelings. If his own woman were taken by another, he too would fly into a towering rage for his beloved, draw his sword, and charge in to kill. But Jiang Hengyue, despite being saved by him, had his cultivation dropped to the tenth level of the Eternal Realm. Moreover, he was afflicted by the Ancestor Dragon's Curse. His cultivation was now completely stagnant at the tenth level of the Eternal Realm, with no possibility of further breakthroughs.

Ye Yun thought for a moment and decided to try breaking the Ancestor Dragon's Curse. Now that he possessed the Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, breaking a curse laid down by the Ancestor Dragon might not be a difficult task for him. Breaking it wouldn't be that easy, however. Ye Yun would need to spend some time researching it.

Having made this decision, Ye Yun felt somewhat more at ease. Then, his gaze fell upon the silver sword embedded in Jiang Hengyue's lower abdomen.

"Is this Dragon Pattern Soul Chasing Sword Fu Nanhua's?" Ye Yun asked softly.

Jiang Hengyue lowered his head, looking at the silver sword in his lower abdomen, and said through clenched teeth, "Senior, this exceedingly vicious sword indeed belongs to Fu Nanhua."

This sword seems quite extraordinary. If it were rashly pulled from your Dantian, the power unleashed by the blade would likely obliterate your Dantian completely... Ye Yun's eyes flickered, as if, in that instant, he could see through Jiang Hengyue's abdomen to the perilous situation within his Dantian.